Prajapati, along with six others, was charged with allegedly gang-raping a woman and molesting her minor daughter in 2014.

The UP minister had been on the run since an FIR was lodged against him in February 17 this year on a directive of the Supreme Court.

Prajapati had decamped on February 27 and evaded arrest for 17 days. Police had issued a non-bailable warrant against Prajapati, and his passport had also been impounded to prevent him from fleeing the country.